Horse Racing News

A small but select field of seven, led by two-time defending champion Forever Together, was drawn for Saturday's Grade 1 Diana at Saratoga.

Canford Cliffs overcame a series of self-imposed difficulties at Goodwood on Wednesday to win the Group 1, $467,000 Sussex Stakes with a perfectly timed late run that caught Rip Van Winkle in the shadow of the line.

There is a certain cachet that one usually associates with a Kentucky Derby winner. For Super Saver, that seemingly lasted about two weeks.

Enriched will return in Saturday's $200,000 San Diego Handicap at Del Mar, just seven days after finishing third in the Grade 1 Eddie Read Stakes on turf.

Despite fierce competition for 3-year-olds this weekend, Thistledown director of racing Bill Couch is pleased with how Saturday's 76th running of the Grade 3, $100,000 Ohio Derby has come up.

The gate problems that plagued Perfect Shirl early in her career are a thing of the past, and the 3-year-old filly is now able to show off her true talent.

Patrick Valenzuela was winless with three mounts at Del Mar on Wednesday, his first day of riding in California since December 2007.

Belmont Stakes winner Drosselmeyer is recovering from an ankle injury that has sidelined the 3-year-old colt for the rest of the year.

The New York Racing Association has eliminated several traditional stakes and reduced the purses of many others at its fall Belmont and Aqueduct meets.

Santa Anita has begun repair work on its troubled synthetic surface that failed to drain properly during the winter-spring meet.